Fishing-tackle.



.L W. WHALEN. FISHING TACKLE.`

APPLrcAHoN FILED :UNE 25, 1911.

Patented Feb. 5,1918.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JAMES lith lViiaLnN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Richmond, in the county of Viayne and State oi Indiana, havel invented certaln new and useful improvements in Fishing-Tackle, of which the following is a fulhvclear, and comprehensive specification andiexposition, the Same being such ias will enable others to make and use the same with exactitude.

The object, .of my invention, broadly speaking, is to provide a. fishing tackle which will be strong and-durable in construction,

neat and attractive in appearance, easily operated and controlled, effective' and advantageous in practice, 'and which can loe low price. y

The particular objects ot this inventio manufactured and soldat a. comparatively are, to provide fishing tackle adapted to heinterposed in the line extending from a pole `to a hook whereby it will act as and in the l place of the usual sinker;'also being adapted to act as a. resiliency between the pole and the hook; but more particularly being adapted to he set and then when a slight downward pull is exerted upon the hook it .is adanted to he tripped Aor thrown whereby a fish will he automatically hooked or engaged,

and that without movement of the pole on the part'of the fisherman.

The preferred means for carrying out my invention inapractical and a mechanical manner is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-#Figure l is a side elevation of the complete device, showing the saine in set position ready for operation.. Fig. 2 uis a central `longitudinal section oi the main 40 portion of the device, showing1 the saine in open or unset position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the stem alone, and Fig. l is the same as Figh, except that the stem is shown turned at right-angles to that in Fig. 3. Fig.

5vis a side elevation of the cone or hody of.

the device, and Fig'. 6 is the same'except that it is taken at right angles to that oi Fig. 5. Fig.- 7 is an enlarged side elevation of the lever or trigger, and Fig. 8 is an edge .'tview of the same. Figs e, 4, 5.o, 'e' anc 8 are taken'on an enlarged scale from that in iv-hichiA aey are shown in Figs. l and 2. Figs'. and 2 showv the relative sizes oitD the various parte? Similar indices denote-like parte throughout the several views.

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Referring now to the drawings indetail: Numeral it denotes the cone-shaped body, which is round in cross section, its lower end heinggits largest diameter from which it to.

comparatively large round aperture extends entirely through :the body longitudinally and axially thereof, the saine being slightly to one side et the center ol the body to provide for the downward-ly extending ears 2 and 3 which are identical 'with each other, and they are integral 'with the body l.. The said ears'are spaced apart, with the space therebetween in alineme'nt with said aperture, hut'said ears are located 'to adjoining the periphery of the loody and some distance from said aperture. Apertures a and o are alined with each other and they are formed through the lower pon tions ci the respective ears 2 and and vthey are adapted to have secured thereinthe pin l which extends across the space hetween said ears. Formed arrosey through the hase of said ears, and parallel with the apertures` a and b, is the aperture o, which is for a pur?- to pose hereinafter explained.

Numeral 5 denotes a comparatively longI helical spring, whose lower portion fits in said aperture in the body, and its lower end lli -is secured in said aperture o. en'

Numeral 6 denotes the stein, intermediate of which is formed a square-shouldered notch d. The said stem lits'in the spring 5 which is coiled therearound as shown, and the stem entends hotli above and below Said ao body, substantially as shown.

The upper end portion oi the stem is dattened, as shown at a. Through the dat tened portieri of are formed two apertures,

3,/ and The upper end of the spring 5 is on secured in the aperture e,`and inthe opfer lure i/ is secured one end ofxthe upper line A, which line extends `up to a pole. (not shown). also the lower nortion of the stem is flattened and curved to one side, as at o, los and an eye e is Formed therethrough as. shown in' Fig. 2. y

Numeral 7 denotes the lever or trigger, which is formed ot flat material, and it is slightly curved outward edgewiso, as shown 3.05 in Fig. 7. Formed through the upper pon tion of the lever is an aperture' 7"', and

through its lower portion is the aperture g. The thickness of the lever 7 is such as to tit between the ears 2 and 3 and it is mount- .llo ed in place h v the pin el on which it is adapted to swing. From the upper inner der between the ears 2 and 3, in order to prevent the lever from swinging outward 7 is the upwardly probeyond a predetermined point or position.

It-will be observed thatthe lower end of the spring engages the top of the tooth 8, tl ereby normally retaining the end of the si )p 9 in contactwith the shoulder of the eers, and holding the tooth normally in horizontal position.

Letter B denotes the lower line, one end' of which is secured in the aperture g, from which it passes freely through the aperture oreye e, and then extends downward where it is secured in the eye of the hook l0.

Modus operan/l: Before the device is set for operation, as in Fig. 2, the convolutions of the springare contacted with each other,

' which will cause the lower end ofthe'portion o of the stern to extend approximately. to the dotted line s-s as indicated in Fig. l. In the position just stated the 'spring 5 would merely act as a resiliency, that is permitting the hook 1 0 to be pulled downwardk a slight distance without moving the line s Desiring now to set the device, one has only to grasp the body 1 and then pull upward on the line A, thereby moving the stem upward through the body until the tooth 8 engages in the notchd which, manifestly, will lock the stem in that position against the contraction of the spring 5.

It will now be seen that if the hook 10 be baited, in the usual manner, and the device is suspended in the water it will hang in the position shown in Fig. l. Then if lthe bait be taken by a fish a slight pull by the fish will cause the line B to pull inward on the lower end ot the lever 7, which will cventuate in withdrawing the tooth 8 from the notch al, thereby allowing the spring 5 to expand, and as the line A is secured, it is evident that the body 1 will shoot upwardly, thereby jerking the hook securely into the fish and thereby accomplishing the main desideratum, and after the fish is secured ou the hook as stated then the' spring will act as a cushion against the struggling ot the fish and thereby prevent the line from breaking.

l desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the several details of the construction, from that shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having now fully shown and described to the lower end of the myinvention, what I claim and desire to secure b Letters Patent of the United States, isf- 1'. In combination with nshing tackle including an upper line which is relatively stationary, a lower line, and a hook secured lower line, a device interposed between said lines and comprising a stem to the uppen end of ywhich the lower line is attached, a body through which said stem is adapted to slide, a springv normally holding said body upward to its limit, a lever pivoted to the body and to which the upper end of the lower line is attached, and a tooth protruding from said lever and adapted to engage in. a notch in 2. A 'fishingtackle comprising a coneshaped body, a leverpivoted at one end to the lower end of lthc body, atooth integral -with said lever, a stein adapted to slide up land down through said body and having a notch formed therein intermediate of its length in wh1ch said tooth is adapted to engage, a spring surrounding s'aid stem and adapted to normally pull said` body upward when said lever 1s mbved inwardto withdraw the tooth' from said notch, a line extending downward from the free end of the lever, and a line extending the upper end of the stem.

3. A fishing tackle comprising in combie nation with an lupper line adapted to' extend to a pole, a'lower line extending to a hook, the tached to the lower end of the upper line, a body surrounding said stem and adapted to slide up and down thereon, a spring surrounding the upper portion of the stem one end of which issecured to the upper end of the stem andthe other end secured to said body, a lever' pivoted to the lower end of the head portion of the stem, a tooth extending inward from the upper end of the lever and adapted lto engage in a notch in the stem to hold thestern upward to its limit against the contraction of said spring, the lower line heingsecuredtb the free end of the lever and passing freely through arreye in the lower end of the stem and then extending downward to the hook, all substantially as show and described.

In testimony whereof I'have hereunto subscribedv my name to this specificationv in the presence of two subscribing witnesses JAMES W. WHALEN.

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